The government is vigorously promoting the benefits of off-site manufacturing as a way to ease the UK housing shortage. To this end several systems and products made from traditional construction materials are being devised, for modern methods of construction, in the factory environment. Various flexible walling systems that combine the speed and quality of pre-cast concrete and other insulating materials utilise a high performance bonding material to bond the bricks and are then finished by Gun-points trained operatives to give a traditional brickwork finish.

Brickwork BEFORE re-pointing

Brickwork AFTER re-pointing